Questions tagged [php]
PHP is a server-side scripting language, used for building browser-based applications. This includes websites as well as programs that don't really need any form of interaction with the user.
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How do I install different (upgrade or downgrade) PHP version in still supported Ubuntu release?
I am trying to update to install PHP 5.5, 5.6 or 7.0 in Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04 LTS, and I can only get PHP 5.3.10 for Ubuntu 12.04, PHP 5.5.9 for Ubuntu 14.04 or PHP 7.0.4 for Ubuntu 16.04 using ...
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How can I downgrade from PHP 7 to PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
I am trying to revert my PHP version to 5.6 from 7 and though I removed PHP 7 and then installed PHP 5.6 I still seem to be running version 7.
Is there a simple method for moving through PHP versions ...
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PHP script not executing on Apache server
I have just reinstalled Apache and PHP5 but when I visit my doc root it just downloads a "download" file. And when I try documentroot/index.php it just downloads the PHP file.
I have PHP installed ...
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WordPress Installation Failed
I am trying to install Wordpress on Lubuntu. I followed the instructions here. Including PHP Apache and MySQL setups. Apache and MySQL appear to be running fine.
However, when I go to http://...
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Installing PHP 5.6 on Xenial (16.04) [duplicate]
I need to use php5 (5.6) because I'm working on a Drupal 7 project which doesn't support php7. The problem is I recently updated to ubuntu 16.04 Xenial which seems to no longer support php5.
I tried ...
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PHP rendered as text after Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade
Apache is rendering PHP files as text after Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade.
Apache is installed and running.
PHP7 is running. When I execute the following command I get the correct output:
php -r 'echo "\n\...
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How to install PHP 7?
PHP 7 came out yesterday and I would like to give it a try.
PHP 7.0.0 comes with a new version of the Zend Engine, numerous improvements and new features such as
Improved performance: PHP 7 is up to ...
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Can't install php5 on Ubuntu 16.04
so I've recently installed my first Ubuntu, to be precise, a daily build of 16.04, on my new laptop since the hardware was to new for 15.10. Now I'm in the process of setting it up and I want to ...
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default permissions for /var/www
I was trying to open a file and write to it with PHP at /var/wwwfolder
but it wasn't working so I did
sudo chmod 777 /var/www
now I want to set the permissions for /var/www to the default.
what are ...
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Installing PHP 5.3 in Ubuntu 14.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 14.04 and am trying to install php 5.3. But when I run
apt-get install php5
it's installing php 5.5.9-1ubuntu4. I need to use php 5.3 in the system because the ...
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Install Apache, Php, Mysql latest versions not available via apt
I need to install the latest versions of apache, php and mysql that are available on their websites, but the problem is that apt repositories don't have these updates versions yet.
Versions that I ...
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Find the correct php.ini file
I am currently trying to locate the correct php.ini file to edit it and restart apache so the changes will take place and I'm stumped.
I have found three different php.ini files (no idea why there ...
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How to completely remove PHP?
I need to clean up my server from PHP 5.3 packages (there are plenty of them) in order to be able to compile PHP 5.2. What is the easiest/safest method to get rid of them all?
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How to have two versions of PHP installed and switch easily between them?
I want to have both PHP 5.2.17 and PHP 5.3.5 installed on my Ubuntu machine and switch as per my necessity. How can I achieve this?
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E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu 13.10 on evaluation board and my internet is not working. Also i need to install softwares and apt-get install is also not working.
Terminal says : E: Unable to fetch some archives,...
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Upgrade to the latest PHP version in Ubuntu
I am using NextCloud in my server and NextCloud informs me that:
You are currently running PHP 7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1. Upgrade your
PHP version to take advantage of performance and security ...
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How to downgrade from PHP 5.4 to 5.3
Recently I upgraded PHP to 5.4, but it seems to be failing on me because APC isn't working with it, however this gave me no choice but to downgrade to 5.3, how can I do this?
I executed apt-get ...
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How to install php7.4, 5.6 ubuntu 21.10
How to install the old version of PHP.
It does not work at the moment repository
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
Then:
The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu impish ...
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Mcrypt extension is missing in 14.04 server for mysql
The php mcrypt extension on ubuntu 14.04 shows that it is installed properly, but phpmyadmin says:
The mcrypt extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.
My current php config is ...
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How to solve the phpmyadmin not found issue after upgrading php and apache?
Recently I have install the PHP, Apache, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, python in my Ubuntu Desktop 12.04.3 LTS to use it as a LAMP server. The commands I used to install these are given below:
1: sudo passwd
2: ...
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How to have my PHP Send mail?
I installed Ubuntu 11.04, LAMP using tasksel.
I find that PHP mail() does not work.
I suppose I need to enable it or something? How do I do that?
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Upgrade to the specific php 7.1/7.2 from php 7.0 in Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
How can I upgrade to php 7.1 from php 7.0 in ubuntu 16.04 ?
If I do a php -v I get this message:
PHP 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 (cli) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, ...
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What are some good PHP editors? [closed]
I'm currently using PhpStorm by Idea JetBrains, but its buggy and I'm really looking for something that will allow me to get work done without too much hassle.
Please limit one IDE/Editor an answer.
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Apache2 start error when using php5 module ( Ubuntu Server)
I am using Ubuntu Server.
When I start apache2 everything is fine, but when enabling php5 module and restarting apache2 I get this error:
ERROR:
*** Restarting web server apache2 ...
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Cronjob saves json into a wrong directory [duplicate]
There is a Cron job on Ubuntu 16.04 which runs a PHP script
$parseinfo = 'parseme.json';
$handle = fopen($parseinfo, 'w');
fwrite($handle, json_encode($res));
to parse data into a JSON file. The PHP ...
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How do I upgrade PHP version to the latest stable released version?
I'm using a system running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit OS.
I'm currently using following PHP version on this machine:
Command used to get the below info at terminal : php -v
Details I got are as ...
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Upgrade to 16.04. php7 not working in browser
I just upgraded from 14.10 to 16.04 and am not sure how to configure PHP 7 in apache. I did modify the php7.0.conf file to uncomment that last lines, restarted apache2 and no change.
Do I need to ...
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Install PECL packages on ubuntu
I've tried it a 100 times I'm really new to Ubuntu and ended with a bunch of error that I don't even understand can any one please help me??
Here is what I did:
I installed PHP
I installed libcurl ...
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mbstring is missing for phpmyadmin in ubuntu 16.04
When I installed phpmyadmin in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, it gives me an error mentioned below.
The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration
then I tried to install php-mbstring, ...
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How can I configure Postfix to send all email through my Gmail account?
I'm trying to send an email through Google from my localhost.
(via PHP5.3)
But Google keeps on blocking my requests.
I tried to follow the solutions given to a few similar questions, but for some ...
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Default file permissions for php user www-data
I have a php installed on my ubuntu machine. The web root is /var/www
I set the permissions for this folder like so:
sudo chown -R ftpuser:www-data /var/www
ftpuser is the user I set up so I can ...
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How to build PHP 7.3?
I have a problem with building the package for PHP 7.3 from git. At the moment I am using Ubuntu 16.04 with utdatet php 7.0.x. (It's impossible to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 at my VPS, because it ...
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How to downgrade PHP from 5.5.9 to 5.4 in Ubuntu 14.04 (Installed with LAMP)
I need to downgrade my PHP version from 5.5.9 to 5.4 (using Ubuntu 14.04), because I have a code that's using mySQL (which is deprecated in 5.5.9), and I cannot change that code. Is there a way to do ...
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Executable runs without sudo but not with sudo
I installed xampp in my system in the location /opt/lampp. After that I added the php location to my path variable using
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/lampp/bin
So when I run php -v using terminal I get ...
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php script not executed by crontab
I have setup a cron to execute one of my php scripts. But the problem is the php script is not being executed at all not even partially.
Here is the cron I have set up
45 23 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /...
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How to downgrade PHP from 5.3.x to 5.2.x
I need to downgrade my PHP to 5.2.x from 5.3.x Certain software I currently use requires it.
I found all these link explaining how to do it but they no longer work because they show you how to use ...
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.php files are downloaded instead of being parsed by Apache
I have Xampp on Ubuntu 11.04. .php files are downloaded instead of parsed by Apache! How do I get Apache to parse them?
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What is the easiest way to enable PHP on nginx?
What is the easiest way to enable PHP on nginx on Ubuntu 12.04?
Best solution is the one that request minimal work, ideally just a package installation :)
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How to configure Apache to run PHP as FastCGI on Ubuntu 12.04 via terminal?
I'm relatively new to the world of unix command line web server management/administration.
Many hosts with control panel administration options allow you to change how PHP is run with a simple option....
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php-mcrypt package missing in Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
Is the php-mcrypt package missing in Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS?
apt install php-mcrypt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package php-mcrypt is not ...
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Unable to install PHP 7.3 on Ubuntu 20.04
I want to install PHP 7.3 on Ubuntu 20.04 for my Nginx web server, when I try to install the 7.4 version everything is fine but for 7.3 I get the following error:
E: Unable to locate package php7.3
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PHP and Apache2 broken after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04
I've been having a lot of trouble fixing up the remains of my server after upgrading to Xenial yesterday.
PHP apps run as a mess of code, and ownCloud 'can't be found on the server' anymore.
It may ...
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phpmyadmin not working due to missing extensions
I am about to use phpmyadmin on Ubuntu 16.04. But it shows that the page is not working. the error log says error 500
PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/usr/share/php/php-...
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PHP is not working well on Ubuntu 13.10 and mcrypt is missing in phpmyadmin
I've upgraded from UBUNTU 13.04 to 13.10 but I can not work with PHP pages or phpmyadmin .
I've tried this way to install lamp on Ubuntu sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin
and I've done all ...
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PHP not working after upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10
After I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10, PHP totally stopped working.
Everything works fine in Ubuntu 17.04.
The code for info.php as follows does not work:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
It is not showing ...
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can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' [duplicate]
I just installed appache, MySQL and PHP, suring my installation, I was prompted for a MySQL root user password, but when I start my MySQL, it pops the error, and I just can't seem to find a way around ...
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How to fix error processing package git-daemon-run? [duplicate]
I am trying to install php curl like so:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
But I keep getting an error.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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phpmyadmin doesn't connection with true data
I install mysql and phpmyadmin and in installation phpmyadmin i add config password is root but in connection with user is root and password is root i have this error
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Install PHP 5.3 on Ubuntu 13.04
How I could install an old PHP version on Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) -preferably version 5.3.3?
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How to install PHP5.6 when using apache2.4.28 complile from source on Ubuntu 16.04?
I try to compile Apache 2.4.28 from source, I can't use command
apt-get install apache2
Because this command install Apache 2.4.18 only.
Here is my install step:
Install dependency
apt-get ...